Project Funding for Balia Gram Unnanyan Samity Prepared by: Debapriya Mazumdar ASHA-Urbana Champaign

General Information Date of establishment: Feb 28, 1979 Location: Village - Balia,P.O. – Bahirakhand Dist. – Hooghly West Bengal Operates in 10 villages around Balia Have one soil testing lab, pisciculture unit, grain banks, book banks, library, agro service center, poultry training unit etc Implemented the sponsorship program with 1059 children and families Has good rapport with academicians in Kolkata university, IIT- Kharagpur, medical colleges etc. Annual Budget  FY Rs. 84,09,000  FY Rs. 65,34,705  FY Rs. 43,20,789

Past Projects: BGUS CCF Project Funded by CCF: Christian Children’s fund Aim: Well being of children, family, community through programs on health & sanitation, education, nutrition, early childhood development, livelihood development, infrastucture etc. Avg yearly funding: Rs. 70,00,000 Started from Jan 1986 (505 children, 5 villages). Continued up to Sep 2005 (1059 children, 10 villages) Achievements:  Self supporting agro service center, grain banks  Book bank: helps 345 students from very poor famiies. Textbook for beyond grade 10.  No. of children completed secondary: 558, higher sec: 229, graduation: 91, MA: 5.  Literacy among 15+ age group 60%  Support infrastructure development and computer education at schools

Objectives and Achievement Help poor children to quit work and resume / start school through a support system that provides school supplies, health services, mid day meal: Sponsorship 93% children of sponsored families attending school Drop out rate among sponsored students: 3.44% Girls under sponsorship: 56% Safe drinking water access: 100% Immunization coverage: 82%

Target population Charges: Rs7/mo - pre school Rs. 10/mo – coaching 5% -10% increase each year Pre schoolCoachingTeenaged Age3-6 years6-12 years13-19 years SexM-100, F-100M-130, F-130F Total no Socio-Econ. strataEconomically backward class EBC Disabilities--- Time spent in school /day 3h2h5h

People involved Administration Project Manager (1) – Overall in charge, day to day monitoring, coordination with funding agencies Accountant cum correspondent (1) - auditing, communication Office Assistant (1) – Help accountant with daily jobs Program Field workers (4) – Home visit, data collection, school visit, working with record keeping, implementation, planning, budgeting, awareness, counseling. They act as center in charge Part time staff Pre school teachers (10) Coaching instructor (13) Physical instructor (1)

Budget

Future funding Request support for 5 years Year 1: Rs. 5,87,000 Year 2: Rs. 6,16,350 Year 3: Rs. 6,47,167 Year 4: Rs. 6,79,525 Year 5: Rs. 7,13,500 Estimate 5% increase each year